Poly studio at 7 months for Wine and Dine race weekend

[OnThisMagicNight]

Do I have a shot at booking a Poly studio at the 7 month mark for Wine and Dine race weekend? My plan would be to purchase one time use points for 1 night and borrow points for the 2nd night. I can see there is availability now, however I'd really like to retain control over the reservation. But if I have no shot, I'm debating whether I should just rent points and secure it now...We need a studio that sleeps 5 so from what I can see now, availability is already limited as far as other resorts/options are concerned.

My home resort is VGF and there are only lagoon/theme park view studios left, which is more points than I want to spend. We have a 1 bedroom booked for the rest of the week, but just recently decided to add on 2 nights in the beginning. Any advice is appreciated!

 

[ehh]

Assuming you mean the actual weekend days (11/3 and 11/4), considering you'll need to book OTUP on the phone at least 1 hour after online booking opens, your chances are very slim with how popular this weekend is. You'll be competing against people who can book an hour earlier, people who are booking longer stays, and walkers.

If you mean earlier days, your chances are a little better as you get further from the gravity of the weekend. You might have to follow walkers targeting the weekend itself.

 

[drusba]

For Wine & Dine race weekend, the Thurs through Sat night, the Poly studios usually book full before 7-months out. Adding to what is reality for that time period, be aware that for that weekend for 2021 and 2022, all DVC rooms everywhere at WDW except SSR 1BRs were filled for at least two of the three nights before 7-months out.

 

[Brian Noble]

If you are booking it because someone is running, rent the points and book it right now.

If you are booking it because you hope to extend a trip that happens to fall during the race weekend, have a cash backup plan in mind.

 

[OnThisMagicNight]

Thank you all, I appreciate the feedback. I was thinking of buying the OTUP now for a dummy date and then modifying in a few weeks at the 7 month mark. But sounds like I need to take care of this now rather than waiting. We have 2 in our extended party who are going to attempt to register for one of the races but I think even if they don't get in, we'd keep the trip extended at this point.